Pleuronectidae

comb flounder

Marleyella bicolorata

Pleuronectid Fish of the South African Coast

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Africa
• South Asia
• Deep-bodied
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The comb flounder (Marleyella bicolorata) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on saltwater bottoms at depths of between 20 and 406 metres (66 and 1,332 ft). Its natural habitat is the tropical waters of the western Indian Ocean, from KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique in Southern Africa, to coastal Tanzania and Kenya in the African Great Lakes region, to Somalia in the Horn of Africa, to Karnataka and Maharashtra in India.